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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index e5750b62dc5..70675974a2c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.57 2008/12/18 22:34:21 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml,v 1.58 2009/01/15 00:34:25 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="wal">
<title>Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log</title>
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@
then the checkpoint record; then it performs the REDO operation by
scanning forward from the log position indicated in the checkpoint
record. Because the entire content of data pages is saved in the
- log on the first page modification after a checkpoint, all pages
+ log on the first page modification after a checkpoint (assuming
+ <xref linkend="guc-full-page-writes"> is not disabled), all pages
changed since the checkpoint will be restored to a consistent
state.
</para>